Posted on Tuesday, March 05 2013 @ 13:23 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
heard rumors that Intel has cut its motherboard orders for March by 80 percent to only 100,000 units. Earlier this year Intel announced it would exit the motherboard market after Haswell, but at that time the chip giant reportedly promised component partners that it would keep its monthly orders at 400,000 units in the first half of 2013.
Intel has reduced its motherboard orders for March by 80% to only 100,000 units, realizing its announcement made at the beginning of 2013 about quitting the brand motherboard market, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
However, since Intel originally promised its upstream component partners that it will keep its monthly motherboard orders at 400,000 units in the first half of 2013, the component makers are now in a hurry seeking motherboard makers that are willing to take over their excessive inventory.
